Trying out some CMS

Our team, Kukui Cup Tech is currently on its second stage of the production. We have looked at numerous CMS out there to determine which is well suited for our project. We so far came up with four different CMS: Joomla, Drupal, DotCMS, and SilverStripe.

After presenting our findings with Dr. Johnson, we determined that we should go ahead and create a mock-up page for each of the CMS that we chose. Thus far, we successfully created a mock-up page for Joomla and DotCMS. I would not say that any of the two systems were simple to work with.

Joomla was quite straighforward except that we had to design a template for it work correctly. The initial template design was quite confusing as we had to implement some php code with the html. Working with some of the administrative tools such as article, category, and section managers were quite confusing at first. Luckily, though, we got used to them fairly quickly.

Joomla seems fairly easy to work with and so far we can conclude that it provides all the functionalities necessary for the project. It does provide multiple social networking modules as well as a module for hosting a forum. My thoughts remain the same as those of my previous post's. I am still inclined towards the use of Joomla for the project.

We are still looking to research some other possibilities, including Drupal and SilverStripe. I hope to find the best suited CMS for this project soon.